2008 Workshop Talk | 1:03:30 | 7-12, Rhetoric & Composition
Summary
Believing Christendom has long been stuck in the pert stage„all criticism and no creation. Rhetoric is bigger than barely-enfleshed argument. This workshop will cover the inevitably personal, creative, and story-driven nature of Rhetoric.
I. The nature of knowledge
II. The nature of proof
III. The nature of persuasion
IV. Ethos, pathos, and logos
V. Rhetoric and character, rhetoric and story
Speaker
N.D. Wilson is a best-selling author and a Fellow of Literature at New St. Andrews College. His books have been published in dozens of languages all around the globe, and his nonfiction work, Death by Living, won top honors in Christiantiy TodayÍs 2014 Book Awards in the spirituality category. More recently, he has been working as a screenwriter and filmmaker, and is currently preparing C.S. LewisÍ The Great Divorce for production (after years of development). He received his BA from New St. Andrews College and his MA from St. JohnÍs College, but the foundation of his education was laid by Logos School in Moscow, Idaho, where he attended K_12, where his five children all currently attend, and where he now serves as a permanent board member. He and his wife, Heather, live in a tall skinny house with their busy children and almost as many pets as Noah took on the Ark.
Additional Materials
The Association of Classical & Christian Schools presents Repairing the Ruins, the ACCS annual conference, copyright ACCS. You may make additional copies of this recording for use by your school but please do not sell any copies of the recording, or post it on the internet.
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